Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1998, 9:53 PM EST for Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 1998, 9:53 PM EST (02:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1998, 10:25 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stanly County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 10:22 PM EST | Hail 1 | Norwood, NC |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1030 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 040253 RRA SVRRDU NCC167-040325- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 953 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STANLY COUNTY * UNTIL 1025 PM EST * THIS STORM WILL AFFECT: STANFIELD...OAKBORO...RED CROSS...AQUADALE * BASIS FOR WARNING: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN THE CHARLOTTE AREA WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM, A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. DELGADO
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 3, 5:25 PM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
525 PM EST FRI APR 03 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1022 PM NORWOOD NC 1 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 STANLYLocal storm report, Apr 3, 6:43 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
643 PM EST FRI APR 03 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1102 PM GIBSONVILLE NC .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 GUILFORD
1121 PM GARLAND NC .88 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 SAMPSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 10:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 10:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 11:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 11:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 17 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.